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Cysteine proteases in Langerhans cells limits presentation of cartilage derived type II collagen for autoreactive T cells.

Holmdahl, Meirav LU ; Grubb, Anders LU orcid and Holmdahl, Rikard LU (2004) In International Immunology 16(5). p.717-726
Abstract
Development of type-II collagen (CII)-induced arthritis (CIA) is dependent on activation of CII-reactive T cells. Dendritic cells (DCs) are believed to play a crucial role in antigen-specific priming of T cells but it is still unclear how the CII-reactive T cells are primed since Langerhans cells (LCs) are poor antigen-presenting cells for CII. In the present study we show that LCs, treated with cysteine protease inhibitors, are able to process and present CII to T-cell hybridomas specific for the immune-dominant glycosylated 259–270 peptide bound to the MHC class II molecule Aq. Interestingly, the self (mouse) CII peptide could also now be efficiently presented. The poor presentation by LCs is a peptide-specific effect, since both bovine... (More)
Development of type-II collagen (CII)-induced arthritis (CIA) is dependent on activation of CII-reactive T cells. Dendritic cells (DCs) are believed to play a crucial role in antigen-specific priming of T cells but it is still unclear how the CII-reactive T cells are primed since Langerhans cells (LCs) are poor antigen-presenting cells for CII. In the present study we show that LCs, treated with cysteine protease inhibitors, are able to process and present CII to T-cell hybridomas specific for the immune-dominant glycosylated 259–270 peptide bound to the MHC class II molecule Aq. Interestingly, the self (mouse) CII peptide could also now be efficiently presented. The poor presentation by LCs is a peptide-specific effect, since both bovine CII (bCII) (presenting a different peptide on H-2r) and ovalbumin could be efficiently presented, and blockage of cysteine proteases did not enhance antigen presentation. The enhanced CII-presentation by cysteine protease inhibition is seen mainly in LCs and not in antigen-primed B cells or macrophages. B cell and macrophage presentation of CII occur even without protease inhibition and are only to a minor extent influenced by cysteine protease inhibition. These data suggest that a LC deficiency in processing of the immune-dominant CII epitope in both CIA and RA may limit the exposure of this self-antigen to T cells, but that presentation can be overcome by modulation of the peptide proteolysis during CII processing. (Less)
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Medical Inflammation Research (013212019), Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology (013250300), Department of Dermatology and Venereology (Lund) (013006000)
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  abstract     = {{Development of type-II collagen (CII)-induced arthritis (CIA) is dependent on activation of CII-reactive T cells. Dendritic cells (DCs) are believed to play a crucial role in antigen-specific priming of T cells but it is still unclear how the CII-reactive T cells are primed since Langerhans cells (LCs) are poor antigen-presenting cells for CII. In the present study we show that LCs, treated with cysteine protease inhibitors, are able to process and present CII to T-cell hybridomas specific for the immune-dominant glycosylated 259–270 peptide bound to the MHC class II molecule Aq. Interestingly, the self (mouse) CII peptide could also now be efficiently presented. The poor presentation by LCs is a peptide-specific effect, since both bovine CII (bCII) (presenting a different peptide on H-2r) and ovalbumin could be efficiently presented, and blockage of cysteine proteases did not enhance antigen presentation. The enhanced CII-presentation by cysteine protease inhibition is seen mainly in LCs and not in antigen-primed B cells or macrophages. B cell and macrophage presentation of CII occur even without protease inhibition and are only to a minor extent influenced by cysteine protease inhibition. These data suggest that a LC deficiency in processing of the immune-dominant CII epitope in both CIA and RA may limit the exposure of this self-antigen to T cells, but that presentation can be overcome by modulation of the peptide proteolysis during CII processing.}},
  author       = {{Holmdahl, Meirav and Grubb, Anders and Holmdahl, Rikard}},
  issn         = {{1460-2377}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{717--726}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{International Immunology}},
  title        = {{Cysteine proteases in Langerhans cells limits presentation of cartilage derived type II collagen for autoreactive T cells.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intimm/dxh079}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/intimm/dxh079}},
  volume       = {{16}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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